SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve assignment of the name Mulberry Alley to this previously unnamed alley and adopt Resolution 18-19.
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SUMMARY:
The City of Clearwater received a request from the Clearwater Historical Society to assign a name to an improved 10-foot wide alley that was apparently recognized many years ago as Mulberry Lane. This East/West alley is between Lime Street and Orange Avenue and between Bay Avenue and Fort Harrison Avenue. The alley name will assist the Clearwater Historical Society with parking directions when the historic South Ward School renovation is complete and opens as a history museum later this year.
The Alley name “Mulberry Lane” (the alley between South Ward School and first United Methodist Church) was used by the original land owners, Taylor, Turner and Whitehurst dating back to 1854 as a North / South property line.
The tract of land, 160 acres total, encompassed the area west of Ft. Harrison, south of Laura to Jeffords.
The 160 acres was purchased in 1854 from Taylor by Whithurst and Turner where Turner took the northern part.
The Clearwater Historical Society is requesting the name designation to identify with the history of the City of Clearwater